Patents by Inventor Wenmei Gao

Wenmei Gao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180041692
    Abstract: An automatic camera adjustment method and an electronic device, where the method is applied to an electronic device with a rotatable camera. The electronic device obtains a parameter of a preview image in a shot of the camera, determines a parameter for rotating of the camera according to the parameter of the preview image, and adjusts an azimuth of the camera according to the parameter for rotating of the camera. Quality of a photographed image may be improved by adjusting the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Qin, Peng Wang, Wenmei Gao, Yahui Wang, Hao Jing
  • Publication number: 20180041620
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for adding contact information, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving gesture information input by a user on a communication interface of an instant messaging application, recognizing contact information in communication information according to the gesture information, and adding the contact information to an address book of user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaobo Yu, Shuiping Long, Wenmei Gao
  • Publication number: 20180034962
    Abstract: A call forwarding method, a terminal, and a portable electronic device, where the method includes determining whether the phone number is in a preset blacklist when a terminal receives a call carrying a phone number, and executing, by the terminal, a preset first call forwarding policy when the blacklist includes the phone number, where the first call forwarding policy includes that the terminal blocks or terminates the call, and does not trigger a server to forward the call to another terminal preset, or executing, by the terminal, a preset second call forwarding policy when the blacklist does not include the phone number, where the terminal presets a call forwarding on busy service or an unconditional call forwarding service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hao Jing, Wenmei Gao, Chao Qin, Guangyuan Gao, Qiang Tao
  • Patent number: 9871929
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method and a user equipment. The method includes: establishing, by a first user equipment, Internet-based Web Real-Time Communication WebRTC multimedia communication with a second user equipment, where the Internet-based WebRTC multimedia communication includes Internet-based WebRTC audio communication and Internet-based WebRTC non-audio communication; and performing, by the first user equipment, a first audio communication change operation, where the performing, by the first user equipment, a first audio communication change operation includes: establishing, by the first user equipment, telecommunications domain-based audio communication with the second user equipment, and disconnecting, by the first user equipment in a case in which the Internet-based WebRTC non-audio communication with the second user equipment remains, the Internet-based WebRTC audio communication with the second user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqiang Lv, Wenmei Gao, Shunan Fan, Yahui Wang, Hao Jing
  • Publication number: 20170371479
    Abstract: A method includes detecting an operation on a touchscreen, executing a response to the operation when duration of the operation exceeds first preset duration, and returning to a state that exists when the response to the operation is not executed when the duration of the operation exceeds second preset duration, where the second preset duration is greater than the first preset duration. Hence, the technical solutions effectively identify an operation on a touchscreen, and lower a probability of occurrence of a misoperation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Li, Wenmei Gao
  • Publication number: 20170371535
    Abstract: As triggered by a user gesture, application interface elements that belong to applications of a same type are made movable. The movable application interface elements are automatically gathered into a same folder on a user interface. This helps a user gather application interface elements on a graphic user interface by performing a few operations, reduces manual operations of the user, saves electric power, and enhances user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaojuan LI, Wenmei GAO, Yahui WANG, Chao QIN, Kai QIAN
  • Patent number: 9854008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a real time communication method, a terminal device, an RTC server and an RTC system. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, call request information that is sent by another terminal to the first terminal and forwarded by an RTC server and, where the call request information carries a unique identifier of a WEB-based RTC application of a terminal sending the call request information; and determining, by the first terminal, whether to accept a call request according to the unique identifier of the WEB RTC of the terminal sending the call request information, if yes, sending request information for opening the WEB-based RTC application to the RTC server, and after receiving information of the WEB-based RTC application returned by the RTC server, communicating, by using the WEB-based RTC application, with the terminal sending the call request information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunan Fan, Wenmei Gao, Xiaoqiang Lv, Yahui Wang
  • Patent number: 9830454
    Abstract: A web application security access method, including periodically detecting, by an application store server, if the locally stored source code is inconsistent with the source code that is corresponding to the web application and that is in the web server, adding an exception identifier to a version parameter stored on the application store server; receiving, by the application store server, an access request that is for accessing the web application and that is sent by a user by using a client, where the access request includes a user version parameter of source code corresponding to the web application installed on the client; and if detecting that the exception identifier exists in the version parameter, returning, by the application store server to the client, prompt information used to indicate to the user that there is a security risk in accessing the web application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yahui Wang, Wenmei Gao, Shunan Fan, Xiaoqiang Lv, Hao Jing
  • Publication number: 20170339278
    Abstract: This application discloses a method, an apparatus, and a portable electronic device. The method includes: detecting an incoming phone call; automatically answering the phone call; determining that in at least one pre-stored event, there is an event matching a telephone number of the phone call, where the event includes: at least one of content of the event, a starting time of the event, or a location of the event, contact information of a participant, and permission of the participant; and the contact information of participant includes a telephone number; obtaining and parsing audio content of the phone call; and automatically answering the telephone call according to the audio content and permission that corresponds to the telephone number of the phone call. The method provided in this application has an advantage of effective privacy protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yahui WANG, Xiaojuan Li, Wenmei Gao
  • Publication number: 20170339119
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic information technologies, and disclose a message display method, apparatus, and device. The method in the embodiments of present invention includes: receiving first input information; extracting key information in the first input information, matching the key information and a user name, and determining a target user name; and binding the first input information and the target user name, and sending, to a receiver terminal, the first input information and the target user name that are bound, so that the receiver terminal displays a reminder message according to the target user name. The present invention is applicable to a scenario in which a user needs to quickly browse information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Li, Wenmei Gao
  • Publication number: 20170322708
    Abstract: An icon management method, apparatus, and terminal, which relate to the field of electronic devices are provided. The method includes displaying a home screen, where the home screen includes at least one target icon with at least two non-overlapping function regions. The function regions correspond to different functions, and the functions are icon adjustment functions. The method also includes receiving a first user instruction, determining a target icon selected by the first user instruction and a target function selected by the first user instruction. The target function is a function corresponding to a function region of the target icon that is selected by the first user instruction. The method also includes executing the target function on the target icon selected by the first user instruction. The method may be implemented on a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xi Huang, Zhu Liu, Zhenwei Shan, Wenmei Gao
  • Publication number: 20170324858
    Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus in the field of mobile communications technologies is provided. In the method, a first terminal obtains, during a call with a second terminal by using voice information sent by the second terminal, to-be-obtained information and object information of an object to which the to-be-obtained information belongs. The first terminal determines at least one category to which the to-be-obtained information belongs and determines a group that is in any category of the at least one category and corresponding to the object to which the to-be-obtained information belongs. The first terminal searches information in the corresponding group in any category for target information associated with the object information and processes the target information with no manual searching being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenmei Gao, Hao Jing, Yahui Wang, Xiaojuan Li, Hongrui Jiang, Xiyong Wang
  • Patent number: 9804738
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field and provide an icon sorting and displaying method, which can perform sorting according to both icon types and frequency of use so as to simplify user operations of searching for and selecting a frequently used icon. The method includes: sorting icons by type along a first direction; sorting icons of a same type by frequency of use along a second direction; and displaying the sorted icons on a screen. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changzhu Li, Yahui Wang, Lei Wang, Wenmei Gao, Shunan Fan, Xiaoqiang Lv
  • Publication number: 20170310819
    Abstract: A voice play method includes: obtaining at least one piece of data information, and determining an information type of the at least one piece of data information; when it is determined that the voice play device is in a voice play mode, determining voice play content of the at least one piece of data information according to a specified correspondence between an information type and voice play content and the determined information type of the at least one piece of data information; and playing the voice play content of the at least one piece of data information in a voice manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shunan FAN, Hong ZHANG, Wenmei GAO, Hao JING
  • Patent number: 9800723
    Abstract: A method, system, and relevant apparatuses for selecting a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) are disclosed. The method for selecting an MRBT includes: receiving a call request sent by a calling party, where the call request carries an MRBT type required by the calling party; sending the MRBT type required by the calling party to the MRBT server; obtaining MRBT information sent by an MRBT server, according to the MRBT type required by the calling party; and sending the MRBT information to the calling party. With the present invention, the calling party sends the required MRBT type, and the MRBT server provides the corresponding MRBT information for the calling party. Therefore, the calling party has an opportunity of selecting the MRBT type required by the calling party, and thus user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenmei Gao, Guoqiao Chen, Jian Yang
  • Publication number: 20170269961
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an application program switching method, relates to the data processing field, and is used to implement fast switching between application programs. According to a technical solution provided in the present invention, in response to a switching request, an application program association relationship is searched for a second application program that satisfies a requirement of a user, and the second application program is directly started, so that the user can start the second application program by sending the switching request only once. Embodiments of the present invention may be applied to an application program switching scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shunan Fan, Wenmei Gao, Yahui Wang, Hao Jing
  • Publication number: 20170249341
    Abstract: A photo distribution method and a terminal are disclosed. In an embodiment a method for distributing photos include obtaining, by a first terminal in a photo sharing group, user portrait information and address information of a second terminal in the photo sharing group, obtaining, by the first terminal, first index information created by a third terminal in the photo sharing group, segmenting, by the first terminal, the first index information to obtain second index information, and allocating the second index information to a fourth terminal in the photo sharing group and sending, by the first terminal, the user portrait information and the address information of the second terminal to the fourth terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Wenmei Gao, Xiaojuan Li, Hao Jing, Yahui Wang, Shunan Fan
  • Patent number: 9749143
    Abstract: A web real-time communication WebRTC call transferring method and apparatus. The method includes receiving a first identifier used for identifying a to-be-transferred call, where the to-be-transferred call is a WebRTC call having been established between a source terminal and a remote terminal, sending, according to the first identifier, a first request message used for requesting page information corresponding to the to-be-transferred call to a WebRTC server, and establishing, according to identification information of the remote terminal in the page information sent by the WebRTC server, a call connection used for bearing the to-be-transferred call with the remote terminal. By means of the embodiments of the present invention, the WebRTC call between the source terminal and the remote terminal may be transferred to between the destination terminal and the remote terminal, thereby implementing transferring of a WebRTC call between terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenmei Gao, Shunan Fan, Xiaoqiang Lv, Yahui Wang, Hao Jing
  • Publication number: 20170244764
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for content sharing, where the method includes: receiving a content share request, establishing a share session with a receiving terminal, and sharing session content, which is played on a first initiating terminal, with the receiving terminal; and receiving a state notification about transferring the played session content from the first initiating terminal to a second initiating terminal, and according to the state notification, ending the share session or continuing to share the session content continuously played on the second initiating terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, CoD content watched on the initiating terminal can be shared, and when transfer occurs between display terminals of the content share initiator, a content share AS can perceive the transfer, and continuity of the share session can be ensured. The present invention further relates to a device for content sharing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Wenmei GAO, Shunan FAN, Xiaoqiang LV
  • Patent number: 9736190
    Abstract: In a communication system, a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS): receives a first SIP message for establishing an IMS centralized service session; receives early session media information; and sends a second SIP message carrying the early session media information to a media gateway control device. The early session media information is carried in the second SIP message in a form of regular session media information, thus the media gateway control device uses an existing circuit switched bearer to transmit early session media to a first user equipment. The existing circuit switched bearer is established under control of the media gateway control device for a session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment. The SCC AS receives an off-hook signal from the second user equipment, and sends the regular session media information to the media gateway control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuiping Long, Hui Jin, Wenmei Gao